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A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY AND INDIAN ROSEWOOD WRITING TABLE
ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1820-30
The rectangular top with split bead-and-reel moulded edge above one genuine and faux drawer to each long side on spindle-panelled splayed end-supports
29.1/2 in. (75 cm.) high; 34.1/2 in. (87.5 cm.) wide; 20.1/2 in. (52 cm.) deep
Provenance
Almost certainly acquired by Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess
of Londonderry (1778-1854) and by descent from Gillows, who
the Londonderry accounts show were by far the largest suppliers of
furniture for Wynyard Park prior to the fire of 1841.
Literature
Almost certainly, Seaham Hall inventory, 1854, p. 17, drawing room, ‘a 34 in. mahogany writing table on standards and claws with two drawers…’

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